Penn State Sets Policy On Academic Freedom

A new policy on academic freedom--promising full freedom to faculty members in research or other private enterprises--was announced for Pennsylvania State College by its president, Dr. Milton S. Eisenhower.

Patterned after suggestions approved by the American Association of Colleges, the policy states that no teacher may use the classroom as a vehicle for furthering his own opinions; that teachers of controversial topics should "set forth justly without suppression or inuendo, the divergent opinions of other investigators."

Eisenhower emphasized that a teacher must remember his "special obligations as a teacher" when speaking or acting as a private citizen.